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Grapsus adscensionis Red Rock Crab, East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus adscensionis is commonly referred to as Red Rock Crab, East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Grapsus adscensionis,Las Palmas, Spain 2024


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lexID:
11477 
AphiaID:
241198 
Scientific:
Grapsus adscensionis 
German:
Rote Klippenkrabbe, Rote Felsenkrabbe 
English:
Red Rock Crab, East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab 
Category:
Kraby 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Grapsidae (Family) > Grapsus (Genus) > adscensionis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Osbeck, ), 1765 
Occurrence:
Gambia, Benin, West Sahara, Ghana, Africa, Angola, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Azores, Balearic Islands, Cameroon, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 13 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Surf zones 
Size:
8,0 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, omnivore 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-01 14:46:31 

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Grapsus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)

Grapsus adscensionis , commonly known as The Red Rock Crab, lives near the water line on rocks. This crab is very active on land and takes refuge in the sea when there is danger . Grapsus adscensionis is an algae grazer.

Grapsus adscensionis is a common intertidal species in the eastern Atlantic.

Synonyme:
Cancer adscensionis Osbeck, 1765
Grapsus adscencionis (Osbeck, 1765) (lapsus calami)
Grapsus pictus var. ocellatus Studer, 1883
Grapsus webbi H. Milne Edwards, 1853

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